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Road to Amman
Four-Five Commando #6
(Defender) Kingdom of Jordan
(Defender) United Kingdom 		vs State of Israel (Attacker)
Formations Involved
Kingdom of Jordan Royal Guard Brigade
State of Israel 45th Armoured Brigade
United Kingdom Four-five Commando
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Total
Side 1 1
Draw 0
Side 2 0
Overall Rating, 1 vote
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Scenario Rank: --- of 961
Parent Game Four-Five Commando
Historicity Alt-History
Date 1967-06-21
Start Time 08:00
Turn Count 24
Visibility Day
Counters 132
Net Morale 1
Net Initiative 0
Maps 2: 64, 66
Layout Dimensions 56 x 43 cm
22 x 17 in
Play Bounty 187
AAR Bounty 167
Total Plays 1
Total AARs 1
Battle Types
Inflict Enemy Casualties
Road Control
Conditions
Off-board Artillery
Joint Forces Battle
Scenario Requirements & Playability
Four-Five Commando Base Game
Sword of Israel Maps + Counters
Introduction

Any Israeli advance over the River Jordan at Allenby Bridge and up Highway 437 toward the capital of Amman would meet determined resistance from the Jordanian Royal Guards, deployed there to face either the Israelis or mutinous Palestinian brigades of the Royal Army.
Conclusion

While many Jordanian officers, especially in the senior ranks, had been trained in Britain, the Royal Marines had not trained with the Jordanians and would have had to manufacture joint operating procedures on the fly. The Jordanian rank and file fought well in 1967, though their officers did not. The Royal Guard Brigade did not see action; King Hussein retained them on the East Bank to guard against a Palestinian uprising.
Additional Notes

The British have several trucks for their use. These are drawn from the Egyptian counters.
Display Relevant AFV Rules
AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle
  • Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0).
  • AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8). They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank leader in order to carry out combat movement.
  • AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1).
  • Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn (either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more (11.2).
  • Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3)
  • Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire (7.44, 7.64). Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire, but not both (7.22, 13.0). Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0).
  • Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3).
  • Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3).
  • AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42).
  • AFV's may Dig In (16.2).
  • Open-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables, but DO take step losses from X and #X results (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT). If a "2X" or "3X" result is rolled, at least one of the step losses must be taken by an open-top AFV if present.
  • Closed-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables. Do not take step losses from Direct or Bombardment Fire. If X or #X result on Fire Table, make M morale check instead (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT).
  • Closed-top AFV's: Provide the +1 modifier on the Assault Table when combined with infantry. (Modifier only applies to Germans in all scenarios; Soviet Guards in scenarios taking place after 1942; Polish, US and Commonwealth in scenarios taking place after 1943.) (ACC)
  • Tank: all are closed-top and provide the +1 Assault bonus, when applicable
  • APC – Armored Personnel Carrier: These are Combat Units, but stack like Transports. They can transport personnel units or towed units. They are not counted as combat units for the +1 stacking modifier on the Direct Fire and Bombardment Tables (4.4). They may be activated by regular leaders and tank leaders (1.2, 3.34, 4.3, 5.43). They do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
Display Order of Battle
Kingdom of Jordan Order of Battle
Royal Jordanian Army
  • Mechanized
  • Towed
State of Israel Order of Battle
Israeli Defense Forces
  • Mechanized
United Kingdom Order of Battle
Royal Marines
Display AARs (1)
Four-Five Commando #6 - Road to Amman
Author Juiceman
Method Solo
Victor Kingdom of Jordan, United Kingdom
Play Date 2024-12-01
Language English
Scenario 45Cm006

The Jordanian units held up pretty well at first, they extracted far more casualties than they received, their OBA and mortars especially took a heavy toll on the Israeli attackers. The Jordanians fell back to the two towns on map 66 drawing the Israeli’s onto the map and triggering the RM reinforcements. The Israeli’s keep pressing their attack, using their mobility to try & out flank the RM positions but that ultimately cost them two platoons of Sherman’s and thus the game in the end, otherwise this would have been another draw.
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